cathmom Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I got it because you all recommended it the other day. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Yeah, I know. :sad: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Yes, I found it quite disturbing & disheartening. Well worth reading though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I will have to read it. This sounds similar to 'Reviving Ophelia' by Mary Pipher - I read that in the '90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted March 15, 2010 Author Share Posted March 15, 2010 What's even worse is that even I am not immune to the pressures. I should have a model's body even though I am nearly 40 and have had seven children, including twins that weighed a combined 15 lbs. at birth. I feel disgusting and fat every single darn day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 Let me just suggest "Things Will Be Different For My Daughter" as a partial antidote. At least it leaves you with something to DO about it. Also, I encourage my DD to think about how long the girlie girl maintenance items can take, and to at least prioritize the fast ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mermaid Mama Posted March 15, 2010 Share Posted March 15, 2010 I got it because you all recommended it the other day. Wow! Looks like I have another book to add to my list. You know what's funny - I have a 1985 copy of Playboy - it was $2 at a yard sale and I bought it YEARS ago because Madonna is in it. (Her very beautiful B&W pics that were done before she was famous). Madonna didn't shave her pits - her legs - anything. She has that Italian hair on her stomach even. She looks real. I love these pictures. The other models in the mag and the centerfold - they at least only shaved pits and legs. Now fast forward to 2010 and we're supposed to believe that we've evolved into hairless creatures!!!! I bet that by now Madonna has care removing specialists!!! There was a time when all women in the magazine had real boobs. And they had big butts - and not all rock hard either. And they had soft, round bellies. It makes me think that the backlash to our earning more money and workforce acceptance and the right to vote was the mutilation of the very aspects of our physical femininity. I think the backlash SUCKS. You are now returned to your previously scheduled thread...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagira Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Great post. I would hold on to that mag, for discussions with teen daughters. Looks like I have another book to add to my list.You know what's funny - I have a 1985 copy of Playboy - it was $2 at a yard sale and I bought it YEARS ago because Madonna is in it. (Her very beautiful B&W pics that were done before she was famous). Madonna didn't shave her pits - her legs - anything. She has that Italian hair on her stomach even. She looks real. I love these pictures. The other models in the mag and the centerfold - they at least only shaved pits and legs. Now fast forward to 2010 and we're supposed to believe that we've evolved into hairless creatures!!!! I bet that by now Madonna has care removing specialists!!! There was a time when all women in the magazine had real boobs. And they had big butts - and not all rock hard either. And they had soft, round bellies. It makes me think that the backlash to our earning more money and workforce acceptance and the right to vote was the mutilation of the very aspects of our physical femininity. I think the backlash SUCKS. You are now returned to your previously scheduled thread...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Well darn it, I was so excited to see hornblower posting, and then I saw this was a resurrected post. :sad: But the book looks interesting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted July 14, 2011 Author Share Posted July 14, 2011 LOL my memory's horrible - I barely even remember reading this book now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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